GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| purported | reputed |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
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